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• humbug — [n1] nonsense babble, balderdash*, baloney*, BS*, bull*, bunk*, drivel, empty talk, gibberish, hogwash*, hooey*, hot air*, poppycock*, pretense, rubbish, silliness, trash*; concepts 230,388,633 humbug [n2] hoax con*, con game*, deceit, fast one* …   New thesaurus

• humbug — ► NOUN 1) deceptive or false talk or behaviour. 2) a hypocrite. 3) Brit. a boiled peppermint sweet. ► VERB (humbugged, humbugging) ▪ deceive; trick. DERIVATIVES humbugge …   English terms dictionary

• humbug — [hum′bug΄] n. [18th c. slang: orig. reference uncert.] 1. a) something made or done to cheat or deceive; fraud; sham; hoax b) misleading, dishonest, or empty talk; nonsense 2. a person who is not what he claims to be; impostor 3. a spirit of… …   English World dictionary

• humbug — UK [ˈhʌmbʌɡ] / US [ˈhʌmˌbʌɡ] noun Word forms humbug : singular humbug plural humbugs 1) a) [uncountable] behaviour or talk that is not sincere b) [countable] someone whose talk or behaviour is not sincere 2) [countable] a type of hard black and… …   English dictionary

• humbug — hum|bug [ hʌm,bʌg ] noun uncount behavior or talk that is not sincere a. count someone whose talk or behavior is not sincere …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• humbug — Synonyms and related words: absurdity, acting, affectation, amphigory, appearance, attitudinizing, babble, babblement, balderdash, balls, baloney, bamboozle, beguile, betray, bibble babble, blabber, blague, blagueur, blather, blatherskite, bluff …   Moby Thesaurus

• humbug — noun 1》 deceptive or false talk or behaviour.     ↘a hypocrite. 2》 Brit. a boiled peppermint sweet. verb (humbugs, humbugging, humbugged) deceive; trick. Derivatives humbuggery noun Origin C18: of unknown origin …   English new terms dictionary

• humbug — hum•bug [[t]ˈhʌmˌbʌg[/t]] n. v. bugged, bug•ging, interj. 1) something intended to delude or deceive 2) a quality of falseness, deception, or hypocrisy 3) a person who is not what he or she claims to be 4) meaningless or empty talk; nonsense 5)… …   From formal English to slang

• humbug — n. & v. n. 1 deceptive or false talk or behaviour. 2 an impostor. 3 Brit. a hard boiled sweet usu. flavoured with peppermint. v. (humbugged, humbugging) 1 intr. be or behave like an impostor. 2 tr. deceive, hoax. Derivatives: humbuggery n.… …   Useful english dictionary

• double talk — Synonyms and related words: absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, balderdash, bibble babble, blabber, blather, bombast, claptrap, drivel, drool, fiddle faddle, fiddledeedee, flummery, folderol, fudge, fustian, gabble, galimatias, gammon,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• gammon — gammon1 [gam′ən] n. [ME gambon < NormFr < dial. Fr gambe: see GAMB] 1. the bottom end of a side of bacon 2. a smoked or cured ham or side of bacon gammon2 [gam′ən] n. [ME gammen, var. of game, gamen: see GAME1 …   English World dictionary